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I finally saw 30 Days of Night last night, bootleg of course... I must say that I liked it and the ending was something I wasn't expecting. I will be adding it to my collection when it comes out on dvd...

I look forward to 30 days of night coming out on DVD. I'm not a movie theater girl. People bug me too much in theaters and you cant stop the movie to use the restroom.

I agree, but then again there are certain movies that just don't come across as well on the small screen as the big screen- particularly with with the community factor of people jumping or getting into it....Horror definitely is best watched on the big screen though I would admit I rarely seem them there anymore.

The scariest movie I've seen in years is The Others, which had no gore or gratuitous violence, just good old fashioned things-that-go-bump-in-the-night frights. I liked 28 Days Later because the gore had a reason and wasn't the entire movie, but 28 Weeks Later was horrid.

Most newer movies (Saw, Wrong Turn, Hostel [a particularly stupid movie with plot holes the QEII and a space shuttle could easily pass through together], The hills have eyes, etc.) bore me with all the gore and not much else. The first Grudge was somewhat scary with the creepy crawling kid and that irritating clucking sound but the jerky, reverse-filmed move has been copied over and over (like the films about the girl in the well) so has no effect any longer.

Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('56 and '78 versions are classics and the 2007 version was OK), Psycho, the first Nightmare on Elm Street, Carrie, and an old British movie called Dead of Night (an ensemble piece with Sir Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist whose dummy has a mind of his own) still make me jump. Most of the gory things only make me sleepy.

I love that scene in Scream 2 when Jamie Kennedy cites Showgirls as his favorite scary movie a few seconds before the psycho hacks him to pieces. I also love the scene in Scary Movie when Carmen Whatever-her-name-is states "Kazaam" is her favorite scary movie and the caller says "That's not a scary movie!" and she responds "You haven't seen Shaquille O'Neal act."

I watched The Exorcist when I was 10yrs old and it fucked me up. I was the scariest movie I saw.Nowadays I just turning on the TV and watching Bush and Co. in the White House scares the living hell out of me....Rich

Yeah, BuschCo is scarier than any movie, I'll grant you that. As Rosemary Woodhouse exclaims "This isn't a dream!! This is really happening!!!" as she's being fucked by Satan. I think I know how she felt.

When the Exorcist came out a friend and I dropped acid and sat in the front row and laughed our asses off the entire time. The only part that made me squirm was when Regan got the spinal tap. Several people in our row moved after we started giggling and acting up.

One of the greatest little treasure troves of modern Horror is the Showtime Masters of Horror collection, which is thankfully available through NetFlix.The absolute Jewel in the crown, is a little number titled" Imprint " by Japanese Director Takeshi Miike known for a style of filmmaking known as "Extreeme Horror" and if you see one of his films, thats just a bit of an understatement. Frankly I was surprised that Showtime was able to air the movie, it would easily have gotten an NC-17 or a flat out X just for the violence. You thing Waterboarding is tough ? Try having a bunch of angry Japanese Geishas shove needles into the roots of your teeth. And thats just the first half... I wouldnt want to spoil it for anyone.

he also directed a pretty damn good thriller, 'OldBoy' which definitely doesnt disappoint....

Another Masters Of Horror episode thats pretty worthy is called' Pelts ' it opens with a rather hot scene with a total studboi comitting suicide by petting his face in a bear trap. Good special effects in that one, and well, youll never look at a raccoon the same way. Or Meatloaf whoturns in a surprisingly good role as a sleazy fur trader.

Next up in the MOH lineup is one of those thats both horrific and funny..' Jennifer ' Hideously deformed from the neck up, but Supermodel Hawt from the neck down and with a bad habit of eating folks, whats not to love about the girl. This is how its Done .... a true classic.

And please dont overlook the movie " Phantasm.' and yes, I had a huge crush on the main character..

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"Fortunately, I Keep My T Cells Numbered For Just Such An Emergency" -Either Foghorn Leghorn or Johnny Cash

Just Hate to double post, but I just remembered another really good one,, one of the early Jodie Foster movies called "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane"its a MUST SEE, martin sheen plays about the slimy est pedophile in the history of cinema, and Jodie actually Out Does anthony Hopkins Hannibal Lector, IMHO,but if you can find it dont just rent it BUY IT

Oh yeah speaking of Slimy pedo's.... grab the restored version of Fritz Langs " M " its almost 70 years old but it could have been taken straight out of the modern headlines. That alone makes it scary as hell. gotta love the ending.

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"Fortunately, I Keep My T Cells Numbered For Just Such An Emergency" -Either Foghorn Leghorn or Johnny Cash

As far as being truly afraid, The Ring and The Grudge and Uzumaki (Spiral) scared the motherfucking shit out of me. I really suggest everyone watch Uzumaki. They have the entire thing up in parts on YouTube and it's a really trippy movie. I watched it at 3 in the morning one night and didn't sleep until the next night. People turn into snails and shit. It's fucked.

First of all, I just finished watching Uzumaki and agree that it was totally weird and pretty gross. I would re-edit it and make it better. There were some unnecessary parts in my opinion. And the other thing is I take back saying previously that Karen Black came out in the 70's flick "The Manitou". I just found the trailer on YouTube and it is Susan Strasbourg who gives birth to that nasty witchdoctor creature or whatever it was. Susan is just as scary as Karen though!

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Meow to the birdsMeow to the tree'sMeow to the endof this dreadful disease...

an old British movie called Dead of Night (an ensemble piece with Sir Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist whose dummy has a mind of his own) still make me jump. Most of the gory things only make me sleepy.

Probably more suspense than a true "horror" film, I also give props to "Magic" with Sir Anthony Hopkins as a ventriloquist with a similarly dark relatiionship with his dummy.

And please don't overlook the movie " Phantasm.' and yes, I had a huge crush on the main character..

Mmmm, Lwood I have seen Phantasm twice on the TV, the last time has to be about 15 to 20 years ago and although I found it a little scary in parts, especially when people were getting their brains drilled out n stuff, I just didn't understand the plot at all.

I've watched for it to be repeated but never got the chance to see it since.

Just Hate to double post, but I just remembered another really good one,, one of the early Jodie Foster movies called "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane"its a MUST SEE, martin sheen plays about the slimy est pedophile in the history of cinema, and Jodie actually Out Does anthony Hopkins Hannibal Lector, IMHO,but if you can find it dont just rent it BUY IT\

Jeromy and I were just talking about this film the other day - yeah it was creepy as all hell.

This film reminds me of another (not in subject matter, but in time period and film quality," "Let's Scare Jessica to Death"

I remember that movie playing on late night TV when I was a kid and for some reason that end shot of all those people on the shore just spooked me out!

I just watched a few scary movies the other day....The Pulse and The Grudge 2. I actually had to watch both of them twice to finally understand what was going on. I am thinking they may try to force out a Grudge 3 but I hope not because I don't think it will work after watching the ending to 2.

The Pulse, more weird than scary really but I liked the storyline of how they literally sucked the life out of you. They could've had better actors but not bad really.

Poltergeist was my first scary movie... I was around 6 and something... followed by The OmenSince then am addicted to horror

There are many good movies (most of them already listed) out there but much more crap... but in any case the only thrilling thing which scared out the shit of me as an adult was the game silent hill (2).

Damn, I remember that once I was so scared... that I just turned off my console.

Then there's a film called "Dark Remains", which no one has probably ever heard of...you know - straight to video shit - That movie scared the fuck outta me....and for a straight to video movie, it really wasn't bad.

And of course, I love me some Zombie films..anything by George Romero, Night of the Creeps, C.H.U.D.

I'm also one of the few who liked "Pulse", yet I hate Japanese translated to American horror films.

Slasher: Halloween 2 Scream 1-3 Urban Legend

Amityville Part 2: The Possesion is also good and scary...much better than any other Amityville movies - including the horrid remake.

Gates of Hell used to scare me as a child so much, that I never watched the whole movie until I was in my late teens. though the special effects are really bad, it's still scary. Would be a nice movie to remake...as well as Suspiria.

And of course, i forgot to mention my favorite scary movie of all time: Poltergeist.It has some of the greatest scenes (or shall I say deilivered lines such as:Don't touch my babieeeeeesssss!!!!!!!! orWh- what - WHAT"S HAPPENING???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The latter being my favorite...

I've got to say though that the only movie which really freaked me out since I was a kid is The Blair Witch Project.John[/quote]

Me too! I watched the movie knowing absolutely nothing about it. Believed it just a tape recovered by some people and kept thiniking throughout the whole movie "this is real". Never been freaked out from a horror flick before. Went to bed with the light on !!